Luggage-carrier for bicycles



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LUGGAGE CARRIER -FOR BIGYGLES. No. 438,720. Patented 0011.21, 1890.

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R. GQWALL, LUGGAGE GARRIER PGR BIGYGLGS. No. 438,720. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

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ROBERT C. WALL, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,720, dated October 21, 1890.

Application filed May l2, 1890. Serial No. 351,484. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. WALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Luggage-Carrier for Bicycles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to velocipedes, and more particularly to the luggage carriers therefor; and the object of the invention is to simplify and at thesame time to improve the construction of devices of this characterheretofore existing.

To this end the invention consists of a luggage-carrier possessing certain novel details, all as hereinafter more fully described, and as illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of the metal part of the device when made in two members. Eig. 2 is a side elevation of the crank member thereof, showing the strap wound upon the windlass thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the device as attached to the handle-bar of a bicycle, showing a bundle as carried thereby. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same device, the clamp and bar, however, being connected differently. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the device shown in Fig. et with a bundle rolled therein but attached to the backbone of a bicycle. Fig. 6 is an enlarged section of the swivel and clamp.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter B designates a bar having an eye I in one end and carrying a buckle K, to which may be connected a strap of leather L or other material. This strap passes upwardly from said buckle through an eye I or between lugsi at the other end of the bar, and is connected with a shaft S, journaled in bearings b in the sides of the bar between its ends. Atthe outer end of this shaft is provided a cross-bar, forming a T-head, one end of which has a handle t, by which the shaft can be rotated and the other end T of which is plain. This bar is detachably connected with the handle-bar, the backbone, or some other part of a bicycle or tricycle by a clamp composed of the partC next the bar, and the movable part M outside it, the latter being connected thereto by bolts, screws, or thumb-nuts N, as preferred, and both parts being preferably lined with leather or some other material, which will not abrade the nickel, enamel, or paint on that part of the cycle.

In Fig. l I have illustrated the device as made in two members connected by cross-bars a, and in this instance of course the shaft S is continued across the space between them and winds both the two straps which must be used, therebeing but one crank, as shown.

On Sheet 1 I have illustrated a device capable of being attached to the handle-bar or some other similar part of the cycle, and in this construction the upper part C of the clamp is cast integral with the bar B. On Sheet 2 I have shown a device capable of being attached to the backbone of an upright wheel to the steering-tube of a Star or Eagle machine, or to similar parts of other types of wheels. In this instance the bar is adapted to be turned to a position parallel with the backbone or steering-tube by a swivel or screw U, which is connected rigidly at its upper end to the bar B and screwed at its lower end into athreaded enlargement or boss E of the upper clamp member C, a thumbnut or binding-nut G being mounted upon the screw, between the bar and clamp member, in order to hold the parts in proper relative positions after they have been set. By this arrangement the bundle can be carried at right angles or in parallelism with the backbone, as shown, or with any other large tubular portion of the frame-work, and will not project to the sides thereof and prevent the successful use of the machine, as in riding the same.

When not in use, the device can be detached from the cycle by loosening the bolts N and removing the carrier bodily from the part to which it is attached, and when in place with no bundle therein the strap can be wound upon the shaft S by turning the crank t. The crank t strikes the body of the bundle when the same is in place, and prevents the turning of the windlass, and the strap is tightened by adjusting it through the buckle, which is secured in the eye I, as is common in this class of devices, and as is well known in the art.

The device is simple in construction, easy of operation, and neat in appearance, and will withstand the wear and rough treatment incident to its use for a considerable length of time.

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I claim as the salient points of this invenlion- 1. A ll1ggage-carrier comprising abar with a buckle at one end, a shaft journaled in bearings transverse to said bar, a cross-bar on one end of said shaft provided with a crank at one extremity, an eye in the end of the bar, anda strap leading from said windlass through said eye to said buckle, the Whole adapted to operate substantially as described.

2. In a luggage-carrier, the combination, with the bundle-securing devices mounted on a bar, of an upper clamp member having a threaded hole, a screw rigidly secured to said bar at its upper end with its lower end engaging said hole, alower clamp member, and bolts connecting said members, substantially as described.

ROBERT C. WALL.

Vitnesses:

ROBERT M. YEAGER, FRANK H. JOSEPH. 

